Best John Deacon's Bass Line

Under Pressure above all

An underrated bass song is You're My Best Friend. Brilliance.

another one bites the dust, under pressure and crazy lil thing (the classic 50's bass line).

12 bar blues?

I've got an idea. Let's all name every single Queen song that John may or may not have played bass on, because - hey - every song is bound to be mentioned!

Let the games begin.

Hehe Lester...

Actually, CLTCL is far from being a standard 12 bar blues bass line. For those of us who are musicians, on first listen, you would expect John to do this:

-----------7--7-9---10---8---7-------
-5---7s9-------------------------9----
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That would be the expected standard 12-bar blues style, being as the 1-4 (D-G) chord pattern has been established at this point in the progression. But in the end, both the bassline and chords are far from being a 12-bar blues.


-----------7--7-9---5---5---4-------
-5---7s9------------------------5----
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Brilliant.

John Deacon was definitely an underrated bassist. John Entwistle was right... Queen could have used a heavier bass at times. Perhaps Deaky would have been much more recognized for his talents if his bass work was less subtle, and in the front of the mix more often.

I always loved the outtro bass on Sail Away Sweet Sister

Liar, absolutely.

To name a few: Liar, Hammer to fall (live), Slightly Mad and The Invisible Man - although I´m not sure if the last one includes more synthie-stuff than "real" bass-lines. Maybe some of the experts here know?

Under Pressure, Liar and Leroy Brown

Kai, I'd certainly say that The Invisible Man and Slightly Mad have superb bass lines... especially the latter! Liar and Hammer To Fall aren't too spectacular, but they're still great.

I really like Liar, Hitman (just like it, that's all), The Millionaire Waltz, Dragon Attack

Hmmm... I dunno... I do like the bass line of Slightly Mad quite a bit. Especially at the end where he goes wild on it. ;)

I like that one bass line on the song Freddie was the singer. Brian & Roger might have joined in on the harmonies as well. Damn what was it called....?

Procession.